Du / GV

Question 1

Du1

Answer 1

Luo-Connecting

midway between the tip of the coccyx and the anus, locate the point in prone position

Rx: treats anal prolapse and regulates the Du channel

+Ren6, ST36, Du20 for anal prolapse

Question 2

Du3

Answer 2

below the spinous process of L4 at the level with the iliac crest.

Rx: treats low back pain of ANY & ALL types

+BL23, BL40 for low back pain

Question 3

Du4

Answer 3

below the spinous process of L2

Rx: treats deficient Mingmen fire with signs & symptoms of spermatorrhea or seminal emissions. Tonifies KI yang, low back p! d/t KI yang xu

Question 4

Du8

Answer 4

below the spinous process of T9

Rx: treats spasms and tremors and cools the blood

Question 5

Du9

Answer 5

below the spinous process of T7 approx at the level with the inferior angle of the scapula

Rx: treats jaundice, resolves damp heat in the GB & LV

+ST36, SP9, BL18, BL19 for yang jaundice

Question 6

Du10

Answer 6

below the spinous process of T6

Rx: treats boils

Question 7

Du12

Answer 7

below the spinous process of T3

Rx: used for chronic, long standing, debilitating diseases (ex: fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue syndrome) treats internal wind (spasms, convulsions, tremors and epilepsy)

+BL13, BL43 for chronic diseases

Question 8

Du14

Answer 8

below the spinous process of C7 approximately at the level of the shoulders

Rx: crossing point for all the yang channels, clears heat from the Yangming & Shaoyang channels, tonifies HT qi and yang (moxa). Builds immunity

+ LI4 wind heat

Question 9

Du15

Answer 9

0.5 cun directly above the midpoint of the posterior hairline, in the depression below the spinous process of C1

Rx: treats aphasia

+HT5, Ren23

Question 10

Du16

Answer 10

1 cun directly above the midpoint of the posterior hairline, directly below the EOP in the depression between trapezius of both sides

Rx: nourishes marrow, treats int. & ext. wind and clears hot and cold conditions

+Du17, GB39 to nourish marrow
+LI4 for internal or external wind

Question 11

Du17

Answer 11

2.5 cun directly above the midpoint of the posterior hairline, 1.5 cun directly above GV16, in the depression on the upper border of the EOP

Rx: nourishes marrow, essence xu

+Du16, GB39

Question 12

Du19

Answer 12

5.5 cun directly above the midpoint of the posterior hairline and 1.5 cun directly above GV18

Rx: calms mind

+Du20

Question 13

Du20

One Hundred Meetings

Answer 13

on the midline of the head, 5 cun directly above the midpoint of the anterior hairline, approx on the midpoint of the line connecting the apexes of both ears

Rx: raises clear Yang for xu above & xs below or for qi sinking, eliminates internal wind, calms the mind, restores consciousness

+Ren6, ST36 for qi sinking
+LI4 for internal wind
+Du26 for loss of consciousness

Question 14

Du23

Answer 14

1 cun directly above the midpoint of the anterior hairline

Rx: treats nasal congestion by opening the nose

+LU7, LI4, LI20, Bitong

Question 15

Du24

Answer 15

0.5 cun directly above the midpoint of the anterior hairline

Rx: calms the mind

+ST8 for dizziness d/t phlegm

Question 16

Du26

Answer 16

at the junction of the upper third and middle third of the philtrum

Rx: treats low back pain d/t trauma, loss of consciousness and facial swelling and paralysis. Crossing point for the LI & ST

+Du3, BL23, BL40 for low back pain
+Du20 for loss of consciousness
+LI4, LI6, LU7 for facial swelling